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(No Model.)

H. S. HACK.

CALENDAR OR MEMORANDUM ROLL.

No. 888,411; Patented Aug. 28, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. HACK, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS-SIGNMENTS, TO EMILY F.

HACK, OF SAME PLACE.

CALENDAR OR MEMORANDUM ROLL.

SPBCIPICATION' forming part of Letters Patent 1%. 388,411, dated August28, 1888.

Application filed February 21, 1883. Serial No. 85,823. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. HACK, of Taunton, in the county of Bristoland State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Calendar orMemorandum Roll, of which the following is aspecification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part hereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my device. Fig. 2 is asection on line 00 as of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3/ y ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a crossscction, and Fig. 5 a lengthwise section, of adifferent style of my device from that shown in the other figures.

My invention consists inthe comhinationof two end or cap pieces with aroll of paper or like material by means of a hollow spindle and twofingerpieces, as below described, the whole forming a simple and compactdevice and serving for a calendar, diary, memorandum, or advertisingstrip, and other like purposes.

That style of my device shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 8 is formed inimitation of a spool of cotton, and the strip is a strip of paper havinga monthly calendar and advertisements printed upon it. The two endpieces, a a, each having a hole through it, are connected together bythe tube a to imitate a spool of cotton. The strip bis wound up into aroll over a hollow spindle,f. The finger-pieces g g, which form thespindle ends, pass through the holes in the end pieces, a a, into thehollow spindle f, as shown in the drawings. These fingerpieces 9 g ofthe spindle are inserted after the end pieces, a a, are in place. Inpractice I use glue to unite the finger pieces with the spindle.

The main feature of novelty in myinvention is the combination of the endpieces, a a, each with a hole in it, with the roll I), its hollowspindlef, and the finger-pieces g g.

It will be clear that the holder may be of various shapes to suit thetaste or the special advertising purpose, and the connection-tube a,between the end pieces, a a, may be largely varied in style, or evenomitted in some cases.

nected with a card-board backing, it, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, usingtwo metal devices, h, each formed with an eyeto receive the fingerpiecesand with ahook to secure it to the cardboard. This is a second featureof my invention; but, as will be clear, the holder itself may beconnected with the card-board backing by gluing or by metallicfastenings, and yet embody the main feature of my inventionviz., the endpieces, a a, in combination with the rolled strip, hollow spindle, andfingerpieces, which is a complete device in itself, without means forconnecting it to a backing or suspending it, and which can be readilysuspended by a wire or ribbon, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

In practice I have found it preferable to use a tube of paper for thehollow spindle and to connect one end of the strip 1) to it; but it willbe clear that the inner end of the roll I) may be coiled into atube, asindicated in Figs. 4 and 5.

I am aware that it is common to combine a roll of paper with end piecesby means of a single spindle whose ends project from the paper roll andthrough the end pieces, and this I disclaim.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In combination, the end pieces, a a,each having a hole through it, the roll b, with its hollow spindle f,and the two finger-pieces g g, each extending through oneof the endpieces and into but only partly through the hollow spindle f, as andforthe purpose specified.

2. In combination, the backing h, the metal devices h, and pieces a a,roll b, with its hollow spindle f, and the two finger-piecesg 9',extending each through one of the metal devices h and one of the endpieces, a a, and into but only partially through the hollow spindle f,as and for the purpose specified.

HENRY S. HACK.

Witnesses:

O. A. HACK, J. E. MAYNADIER.

